The entertainment empire began with Liu Yifei's premarital pregnancy.

A total of 579 billion. Over the course of more than two years, Lin Bufan has indeed made a lot of money from making movies, and his businesses and investment projects have also increased. He has certainly made a lot of money.

However, compared to the massive amount of funds of 579 billion, it is far less, not to mention cash flow.

The reason why Kyoto Cinema was able to develop so rapidly was that Lin Bufan also drew on the operation model of real estate in later generations, which was to first acquire a piece of land.

For example, if a piece of land is auctioned for 5 million, and then mortgaged to a bank, you can get a loan of about 4 million. This is the amount obtained through the proper channels.

Kyoto Cinemas has grown to the point where all the land is under Kyoto's name, but it only spent the cost of the first piece of land, which was 7 million yen.

The total cost, including construction and decoration, exceeded 10 billion.

However, similar to mortgaging land, Lin Bufan used only 10 billion yuan to leverage assets worth tens of billions of yuan.

This is the means of capital.

However, this method is also extremely dangerous. To date, Lin Bufan has accumulated a debt of 560 billion yuan.

Every year, the interest paid to banks alone amounts to 44.8 billion.

Once the financial chain breaks, Lin Bufan's entire fortune will be wiped out instantly.

This is how real estate developers in later generations operated. How did a certain region accumulate a debt of over two trillion? This is how it came about.

Fortunately, Lin Bufan was not worried about this at all.

Even if other industries don't make money, Lin Bufan can earn more than 7 million US dollars a year just from signing in. Even if the exchange rate drops in the future, the money from signing in alone will be enough to pay the interest.

Moreover, Lin Bufan's other businesses are also constantly making money for him.

Even if you disregard everything else, he makes a fortune every year just from the increase in land prices.

If these industries are left undisturbed, their value will increase by at least 5 to 10 times in 20 years. They are worth more than 50 billion now, and will be worth hundreds of billions in the future.

With 60 seats, the Kyoto Cinema Circuit could generate 1800 million yen in box office revenue per day if the ticket price is 30 yen per person.

The cinemas under the Kyoto Cinema Circuit are all four-story buildings with 50 parking spaces above ground and two underground parking levels, for a total of 1200 parking spaces.

On average, there are about three seats per parking space, a ratio that is more than enough now and in the future.

The first floor is the lobby and movie merchandise shops, the second and third floors are the theaters, and the fourth floor is the food court.

Last year, a leading cinema in the Kyoto cinema chain generated 6200 million yen in revenue, of which only 2800 million yen came from box office sales. The rest of the revenue came from merchandise, snacks and drinks, and the food court on the fourth floor.

Of this, the 5% film special fund from box office revenue, plus business tax and other taxes, is 3.3%, totaling 8.3%.

Operating costs, including labor, utilities, air conditioning, and film screenings, account for approximately 24%.

Kyoto Cinema Line has the highest operating expenses in the industry, especially in personnel services, while other cinema lines have operating expenses of around 16%.

The production company takes another 38%, leaving a final profit of 29.7%.

On the contrary, the profits from peripheral products, snacks, and the food court combined account for about 50%.

Last year, Kyoto's leading cinema made a total profit of 2600 million yen, of which only 830 million yen came from box office revenue.

Currently, Kyoto Cinema Circuit has 19 leading cinemas alone, and its annual net profit is approximately 5 million yen.

The 86 flagship cinemas have an average annual profit of about 1800 million yuan, which adds up to about 15 billion yuan a year.

With 170 regular-level cinemas, the annual profit is approximately 20 billion yuan.

The entire Kyoto cinema chain has a total annual profit of about 40 billion yen. Even if it's not enough to cover interest payments, it's still close to that amount.

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While "Kung Fu Panda" was playing in theaters outside, Lin Bufan locked himself in his study, staring in astonishment at the 3D technology suit in front of him.

Currently, the most advanced 3D technology in the world is used by truck drivers.

However, the 3D technology that Lin Bufan used for signing in came from 20 years later, and the difference between them was like heaven and earth.

In terms of image quality, due to technical limitations, it was impossible to achieve very high detail, with only 2K resolution. However, with this new technology, color and dynamic range have increased several times over, reaching 8K resolution.

In terms of filming, the "advanced" fixed split-screen iron frame has been replaced by a precision CNC movable bionic stereo head, which is lighter, more accurate, and more flexible.

In terms of motion capture, the truck driver's technology involves wearing a small head-mounted camera and a reflective bodysuit, which is currently the most advanced technology.

However, this technology directly transformed into unmarked facial and volumetric array capture, and it can also be used for underwater capture.

The truck driver's method cannot be used for underwater capture.

This point is of great help, even decisive, to Lin Bufan's "Return to the Ruins: The Spiritual Realm of Mountains and Seas".

The main scenes in "Guixu: The Spirit Realm of Mountains and Seas" are mostly in the water.

During filming, the initial 3D visuals could only be imagined by the director and could not be seen in real time.

When the truck driver was filming Avatar, he projected his imagination onto the screen, which is equivalent to some rough game previews today.

This was already quite advanced, but the technology used by Lin Bufan to sign in was a real-time composite of LED walls, almost achieving a picture quality comparable to a full-length film.

Previously, rendering required 100% post-production, but now it can produce about 80% of the effect simultaneously in real time, and only some fine-tuning is needed in the end, which greatly reduces shooting time.

In terms of shooting locations, the method has changed from being limited to studios to combining outdoor locations with motion capture, making 3D movies more realistic and immersive.

This technology even includes projection technology.

Current projection technology is just ordinary digital 3D technology, and the lighting is relatively dim. If you watch for a long time, you may experience symptoms such as dizziness or heaviness in your head. Although these symptoms are mild, they are not absent.

The projection technology that Lin Bufan has now acquired belongs to the later IMAX Laser 3D technology. The brightness of the screen has increased several times, the contrast has increased dramatically, and the color gamut coverage and wide color gamut have almost increased several times.

This technology will not be outdated even 20 years from now.

"pity……"

Lin Bufan shook his head slightly.

The technology is good, but the generational gap is too big. With the current manufacturing process, it is simply impossible to manufacture. It's not just a matter of technology, but also that many pieces of equipment in the entire industrial chain, including some parts, cannot be manufactured.

However, this technology can be used as a reference to enhance existing equipment and parts.